Iron Maiden – The Red And The Black (Guitar)

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[Intro] |Em C |Em D | 2x |E5 D5 G5 D5 |E5 D5 G5 A5 |E5 D5 G5 A5 |G5 D5 C5 A5 | 4x |Em |Em |Em |Em | 2x |Em |Em C D | 2x |Em |Em |Em |Em | [Verse]
     Em
The morals of life and the perils of death

                               C        D
Take the wrong way out running out of breath

Em
Meet my match in the afterlife

                           C         D
Suppress the demons that plague the night

  Em
A tortured mind is a safe place to go

                                 C      D
But the truth lurks down in the dark below

Em
Step inside my inquisitive mind

                            C          D
Are you scared at what you just might find
[Instrumental] |Em |C |G |D C D | 2x |Em |Em | [Verse]
Em
See myself in the hall of mirrors

                          C     D
A different shape every step I take

  Em
A different mind every step of the line

                    C        D
But in the end they are all mine

Em
Laughing sorrow inside your head

                      C           D
Can’t get out just a feeling of dread

   Em
I know this burden's a heavy load

                     C       D
A dark mistake never ending road
[Chorus]
Em
 Woah-oh-oh

C
 Woah-oh-oh

G           D  C   D
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah

Em
 Woah-oh-oh

C
 Woah-oh-oh

G           D  C   D
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah

Em
 Woah-oh-oh

C           G   D C  Em
 Woah-oh-oh
[Verse]
Em
 The black jack king and the red queen clash

                      C           D
The artful dodger he counts his stash

Em
 The joker’s wild like an impish child

                          C       D
While madame fortune she waits inside

Em
 The good luck charm is overkill

                            C       D
The tired old soldier says fire at will

Em
 Planes overhead go search destroy

                  C     D
The ones below human decoy
[Chorus]
Em
 Woah-oh-oh

C
 Woah-oh-oh

G           D  C   D
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah

Em
 Woah-oh-oh

C
 Woah-oh-oh

G           D  C   D
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah

Em
 Woah-oh-oh

C
 Woah-oh-oh

G                    D    C  Em
 I need somebody to save me
[Verse]
Em
 Meanwhile we play the waiting game

                         C        D
The clock is struck the horse is lame

Em
 And when we think that this is done

                    C          D
Chance your luck a four leafed one

Em
 You hedge your bets the battle lost

                     C         D
To wait in vain and count the cost

Em
 The thin edged line

Em
 Between good and bad

                      C     D
And cast the luck be happy sad
[Chorus]
Em
 Woah-oh-oh

C
 Woah-oh-oh

G           D  C   D
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah

Em
 Woah-oh-oh

C
 Woah-oh-oh

G           D  C   D
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah

Em
 Woah-oh-oh

C
 Woah-oh-oh

G                    D    C  Em
 I need somebody to save me
[Instrumental] |E |A |E |G D |E |A |C |D | 2x [Bridge]
     E            A
The red and the black

 E            G         D
People don’t want the truth

 E            A             C          D
Look in their eyes and you send them away

     E            A
The red and the black

E           G    D
Fate and hypocrisy

 E          A           C          D
Burden’s a heavy load there is no doubt

     E            A
The red and the black

E           G     D
All out of luck again

E          A         C       D
How many chances can anyone have

     E            A
The red and the black

E         G       D
Treachery out to win

E              A             C             D
There in the wrong place and at the wrong time
[Instrumental] |Em G |C D |Em G |D |Em G |C D |Am C |D | [Solo] |Em G |C D |Em G |D |Em G |C D |Am C |D | 2x |E5 D5 G5 D5 |E5 D5 G5 A5 |E5 D5 G5 A5 |G5 D5 C5 A5 | 4x [Instrumental] |Em |Am |C Am |Em | 6x [Solo] |Em |Am |C Am |Em | 4x |Em |Em |Am |D |Em |Em |Am |C D | |Em |Em |Am |D |Em |Em |Am |C D |Em |Em | [Instrumental] |C |D |Em |Em | 4x |C |D |Em |Am |C |D |Em |Em | 2x |C |D |Em |Em | 4x |C |D |Em |Am |C |D |Em |Em | 2x |C |D |Em |Em | 4x |Em |Em |Em |Em | |Em |C |G |D | 4x |Em | [Chorus]
Em
 Woah-oh-oh

C
 Woah-oh-oh

G           D  C   D
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah

Em
 Woah-oh-oh

C
 Woah-oh-oh

G           D  C   D
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah

Em
 Woah-oh-oh

C
 Woah-oh-oh

G                    D    C
 I need somebody to save me
[Outro] |Em C |Em D | |Em C |Em |